The Challengers: Hot Rod Album (LP, Ltd.)

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(Sundazed) 14 tracks 1964 - Limited Edition.Among surf groups of The
Golden State, none rode a higher wave than The Challengers. Formed in
1962 by drummer Richard Delvy, who had been the beat keeper for The
Bel-Airs, The Challengers were an instant success. Their 1963 LP,
Surfbeat, became one of the genre’s biggest sellers.Reportedly
recorded in under four hours at World Pacific Studios, the LP was
released on Vault and helped solidify the surf sound.
In early ‘60s California, surf and car culture were joined at the
baggy-clad hip. This convergence was reflected in the music of the
surf bands, many of whom began to devote equal time to automobile
anthems. By now something of a surf rock entrepreneur, Richard Delvy
moved to capitalize on this trend by recording hot rod songs with The
Challengers. Unfortunately, an intended 1964 LP of car tunes never came
together and the fast moving decade left the surf ‘n street scene in the
incense ashes.
Finally, Sundazed and Richard Delvy’s Triumph imprint have combined
forces to create the LP that never was. This nitro-fueled set collects
the bands asphalt arias all on one platter NOW as they should have been
THEN. Mastered from the original stock analog tapes, these songs go from
zero to 60 mph in 33 1/3 rpm! Rev up that turntable, put The
Challengers’ Hot Rod Album on the starting line and GO! GO! GO!